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As an incredible highjump final ended with the gold medal shared between two athletes. after an exhausting two hour competition qatar s mutaz essa barshim and italy s gianmarco tamberi couldn t be split as they both cleared 2.37 metres. both were offered an opportunity to take part in a jump off, but in a moment of sportsmanship decided to share the title, sparking huge celebrations. it s the firstjoint olympic podium in athletics since 1912. and venezuela s yulimar rojas set a new world record the first time that s happened at these games in athletics as she won olympic gold in the triplejump. a silver medallist in rio five years ago, rojasjumped 15.67 metres, smashing the previous record of 15 and a half metres. the four time olympic champion simone biles has withdrawn from monday s floor final at the olympics, but is yet to make a decision on whether she ll compete in the beam final on tuesday. she s withrdrawn from all previous events to focus ....

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